Complexity Digest 2005.48 - 17

05/12/01

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Saturn's Strangest Ring Becomes Curiouser And Curiouser, Science Bookmark and Share

Excerpts: The Cassini spacecraft continues to send back astounding images of Saturn and its retinue of rings and moons. We have become so accustomed to new wonders that it is hard to remember the shock of seeing Saturn's F ring up close for the first time (see the figure). On 12 November 1980, Voyager 1 sent back its first closeup images of this faint and narrow ring orbiting just outside Saturn's main rings. The image revealed what were variously described as kinks, clumps, strands and, most famously, "braids" in the ring.